Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.
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For the first time, China was viewed more positively than the U.S. globally in a recent Pew report. Adam Segal , Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council of Foreign Relations, talks about China's foreign policy and their use of "soft power," with AI tech, and more. Photo: Tourists visit the Qiansimen…
New York Daily News education and youth issues reporter Cayla Bamberger talks about the results of the DOE's recent survey of NYC public school students and what over 357,000 students think about issues ranging from boredom to safety to vaping. Photo: Choir students from New York City public school 22 attend the ceremonial swearing in of Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s 112th mayor at City Hall…
Rommel H. Ojeda , senior community correspondent and engagement reporter for Documented, and Ralph Thomassaint Joseph , Caribbean communities correspondent for Documented, talk about how people, communities, and businesses across New York City are feeling the federal immigration crackdown. Photo: Haitians living in Brooklyn join local politicians and others at an Immigrant Resource Fair and Know…
Bike thefts spike in summer. WNYC and Gothamist reporter Brittany Kriegstein , talks about the stats and the challenges in preventing having a bike stolen, as listeners share their suggestions. Photo: A woman rides her bike on a Manhattan street. (Photo by FaceMePLS/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and…
Julie Menin , City Council Speaker (D-5, Upper East Side) talks about the latest developments in the City Council and takes calls from listeners, in this debut installment of a new monthly series. Photo: Speaker Julie Menin and City Council Announce Park-Webster Neighborhood Plan (Photo by Alex Krales/NYC Council Media Unit) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for…
Samantha Max , reporter covering public safety for WNYC/Gothamist, breaks down the latest in the Luigi Mangione case, including his guilty plea in federal court on Friday, his push to dismiss the state murder charges on double jeopardy grounds, and the postponement of his state trial. Photo: Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on June 17, 2026 in New York City. Mangione is charged…
As part of a three-part series on the divisions within political movements, Andrew Hale , fellow for international relations, economics, and trade at Advancing American Freedom, talks about the ideological and generational fight inside the think tank behind Project 2025, and what the battle over its direction says about where the Republican Party is headed after Trump. Photo: U.S. Secretary of…
The dispute over the Elizabeth Street Garden, the site of proposed low-income senior housing, appears to be at an end as developers have dropped their lawsuit against the city, which blocked the plan from moving forward under Eric Adams' administration. David Brand , housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, shares his reporting and analysis, and explains the story in a broader housing context.…
European cities are scrambling to reinvent urban life as summers get hotter and deadlier. Eric Klinenberg , professor of sociology at New York University and the author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2015) and 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed (Knopf, 2024), shares his reporting on what cities are doing to adapt to…
As part of a 3-part series on the divisions within political movements, David Hogg , founder and president of Leaders We Deserve, co-founder and board member of March for Our Lives, and former vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, talks about what's dividing the Democratic Party, from the fallout over the DNC's 2024 autopsy to the primary challenges his group is backing heading into the…
